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Happy Hump Day! This week is flying by for me.  On Monday, I rescheduled my few students I normally have, so I could attend my 19 week ultrasound with my husband, his mother and my parents.  This was the big one, where we found out the gender and made sure all measurements were looking good! My stomach was in knots all morning; the appointment was at 3:00 and I just could not wait to see what we were having.  My MIL arrived the night before and brought some baby furniture that used to be my husband's.  We are telling everyone that we really would like anything secondhand as I hate to see things go to waste.  I don't believe in buying everything new, especially if it won't be used for too long.  I know some things will have to be purchased, but if someone has a crib or changing table they don't want, we'll totally take that. So anyway, after my parents arrived late Monday morning, we chilled out waiting for my husband to come home from work.  Eve...

Happy Friday!

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I've been trying to both cook healthier and be smarter about not wasting anything we have lately.  Not that I was outright trying to be wasteful!  But sometimes it felt like I was going to the grocery store way too often for things I was forgetting, when I really should be able to get everything I need for the rest of the week in only one trip.  Otherwise, just use what I have at home, or finish leftovers!  That last one is very hard to do since my husband HATES leftovers.  I could seriously eat something that's a week old, but he will not touch it after the 2nd day.  Even then, I have to twist his arm depending on what it is. I suppose I'm trying to exercise more mindfulness in all this, too, because once this baby comes I will not be working anymore--at least for many months--so a frugal mindset will really help when that time comes. I've been slightly more obsessed with my breakfasts lately, since I hadn't been the healthiest with that meal.  It...